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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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